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Free World Maps Collectionby Tim and Jane KeebleAges: 6+These are all simple designs which we've done mainly because of our love of traveling & therefore of maps as well, they've really been done for our own use but we thought there might be other map lovers out there.Subjects: collections, design, plain, travel, map lovers

MapMachine Student Atlasby National GeographicAges: 8+More than just maps, MapMachine Student Edition also has photos, facts, and fun. Here you can find the place you're looking for -- or get lost in the cultures, sights, and sounds of the world.Subjects: student, atlas, world, maps, interactive, printable, photos, facts, fun

U.S. and World Geographyby Owl & Mouse Educational SoftwareAges: 8+Free interactive maps and map puzzles to learn continents, countries, states, capitals, borders, physical features and cultural monuments. Maps are vital to our understanding geography and the world we live in.Subjects: world, map, capitals, states, travel, foreign

World Atlasby Graphic MapsAges: 7+World Atlas is an educational resource for world maps, atlases, and in-depth geography information, including information on every continent and country.Subjects: mountains, continents, countries, islands, territories, the list

History Makes Sense Using Maps and Timelines!by Knowledge Quest, Inc.Ages: 10+Finally, historical outline maps and timelines designed for the interactive study of world history and geography.Subjects: historical, outline, medieval, renaissance, modern

Mega Mapsby Owl & Mouse Educational SoftwareAges: 6+Trace car trips, where grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins live, the Oregon Trail, the Rocky Mountains, the Mississippi River, and much more. These maps can be large enough to see clearly from across the room.Subjects: large, activity, printable, child, maps, puzzle

Place The Stateby Sheppard SoftwareAges: 8+Learn the locations, capitals, abbreviations and over 500 important facts about our 50 states. This interactive game is fun to play for both students and their parents.Subjects: lessons, states, capitals, locations, facts, interactive

Filling in the Mapby University of VirginiaAges: 12+Virgin Land outlines the myth of the mountain man and the larger-than-life image poplar back in the east. While the mountain men have always been an important symbol of America's wild frontier, their role in westward expansion was also very concrete.Subjects: explorers, guides, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Native Americans

Outline Map Sitesby The University of Texas at AustinAges: 10+Includes collection of online CIA and historical maps. Worldwide coverage, with a focus on United States and Texas maps. FAQ and links to maps at other sites.Subjects: landforms, base maps, cartography, census

Fifty States of the USby Annette Lamb & Larry JohnsonAges: 8+The United States has fifty states. They stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and reach to include Alaska and Hawaii. Every state has a capital where its governor and other state officers work.Subjects: facts, capitals, states, government, history, culture

Xpeditions Atlasby National Geographic SocietyAges: 8+Now it's time to practice your map-reading skills. Print a copy of one of these maps and take a journey.Subjects: detailed, countries, borders, continents, printable

Color Landform Atlas of the United Statesby R. SternerAges: 8+This is version 2 of the Color Landform Atlas of the United States. Each state link brings up a menu of links to maps and other online information about the state. Satellite images show landforms and vegetation patterns for each state.Subjects: elevation, states, terrain, landforms, information, satellite images

Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map!by The New York Times CompanyAges: 11+Students evaluate the different types of historical and geographical information that one can gather through close study of maps throughout the course of time. Students analyze various maps spanning three centuries, as well as create maps of their own.Subjects: cartography, territories, surveying, projection, global

Download Free GIS Mapsby Reimagination NetworkAges: 10+Maps have been used for thousands of years, but it is only within the last few decades that the technology has existed to combine maps with computer graphics and databases to create geographic information systems or GIS.Subjects: census, cartographic, shapefiles, demographic, land, environmental

Daily Bible Study - Bible Mapsby Wayne BlankAges: 10+Here you will find the maps from the cities found in the Bible, including people and things. Discover amazing Christian cities and the people who lived in them.Subjects: Bible, facts, studies, Christian, historical

United States History Mapby Annenberg MediaAges: 10+Discover how the continent was irrevocably changed by European colonization, the events that caused the wholesale displacement and decimation of the land's original inhabitants, and how the 50 states came to be formed.Subjects: colonies, history, landforms, North America

Atlapedia Onlineby Latimer Clarke Corporation Pty Ltd.Ages: 8+Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.Subjects: facts, language, color, political, World

National Atlasby National Atlas of the United States of AmericaAges: 10+National Atlas is the single best federal source for national maps and geographic information on the Web. It contains an online map maker, printable maps, articles, geographic data, and additional resources for geographic information about the US.Subjects: cartography, federal, agriculture, boundaries, environment, history

Fit-a-stateby LAURI TOYSAges: 5+This is a challenging map puzzle of the United States which has an individual piece for every state. That's right, this puzzle has an individual piece for every state. Most US map puzzles clump a few small states together on single puzzle pieces...Subjects: puzzle, foam rubber, 50 states, Lauri Toys

United States Puzzleby MIStupid.comAges: 10+Arrange the states in their proper place with this interactive puzzle using the Great Lakes as a fixed landmark.Subjects: United States, puzzle, map, geography, interactive

The Fifty Statesby Pearson EducationAges: 10+Facts and trivia about the fifty states of the United States of America: government, populations, maps, flags, state landmarks, climate data, and more.Subjects: U.S. history, government, statistics, cities, disasters, postal information

19th century travel maps of the United Statesby The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd.Ages: 10+During the nineteenth century, folding travel maps were published for the use of wagon drivers, railroad passengers, and steamboat voyageurs in a new and rapidly developing country. These issued maps were sold to a huge population of Americans.Subjects: antique maps, American, cartographic, post Civil War, transportation

The Most Colorful Math of Allby Reid D RivenburghAges: 5+With a few crayons or markers and some hand-drawn maps, children can quickly find themselves grappling with some of the same conundrums that contemporary mathematicians do.Subjects: drawing, math, regions, perspective, color

Chart of Knowledge: Capitals, Largest Cities, Birds, and Flowersby The Regents of the University of MichiganAges: 8+The Internet Public Library features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers, and magazines. Use this chart to find out the capitals, bird, and flower for each of the 50 states.Subjects: 50 states, largest cities, continental, directory, flowers

Ireland's History in Mapsby Dennis WalshAges: 10+Here you will find maps and history of early Irish territories, clans, tribes, place names and the geography of early Ireland.Subjects: collections, historical, kingdoms, Celtic, genealogy, Ireland

The National Map Viewerby U. S. Geological SurveyAges: 8+The National Map is a collaborative effort among the USGS and other Federal, State, and local partners to improve and deliver topographic information for the Nation. It has many uses ranging from recreation to scientific analysis to emergency response.Subjects: interactive, boundaries, elevation, geographic names, digital, structures

Zipdecodeby Ben FryAges: 7+Ben Fry is the author of Visualizing Data, and describes the ZipCode project in his book. Each dot on the map is one zip code, and as you type a zip code, it highlights all of the dots that share that portion of the zip code.Subjects: continental, United States, zip codes, interactive, cities, area

Country Informationby Country ReportsAges: 8+Cultural, historical and statistical country information about every country in the world. Our statistical data and cultural information has proven to be valuable to students, parents, teachers, and researchers alike.Subjects: links, learning games, facts, geography, resources

Make a Relief Map Jigsaw Puzzleby Diane Fisher - NASAAges: 6+Make a map puzzle of the world from clay. Then find out what we can learn about Earth from space that we can't learn any other way.Subjects: puzzle map, topographical, map making, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, imaging radar

U.S. Map Puzzleby Owl & Mouse Educational SoftwareAges: 6+Learn the states of the United States and their capitals with this fun and educational puzzle game. How fast can you put all of the states in the right places?Subjects: United States, map, puzzle, countries, capitals

U.S. Territorial Maps 1840by The University of VirginiaAges: 10+A map outlining the United States territories including states and unorganized territories.Subjects: U.S. history, states, territories, 1840, claims

How Far is Itby Indo.comAges: 10+This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them.Subjects: Indonesia, java, longitude, latitude, measurements

Reisenett: Outline Map Sitesby The University of Texas at AustinAges: 10+These links are to outline maps on other web sites unless otherwise noted.Subjects: links, Norwegian, landforms, internet, political, county

State Reportsby ClassBrainAges: 8+State Reports has state books, history & statistics, maps, photos, quick facts, and much more for each of the fifty states. Choose your state from the map and start gathering all the information and image you need to make an A+ state report project.Subjects: symbols, facts, 50 states, capitals, color, parks

Presidential Elections 1789 - 2000by The National Atlas of the United States of AmericaAges: 10+Presidential Elections printable maps show electoral votes won, by political party, for the fifty-four Presidential elections from George Washington in 1789 to George W. Bush in 2000. The maps show electoral vote results by State.Subjects: presidents, electoral votes, map maker, printed maps, historical

Hurricane Trackerby MicrosoftAges: 8+This interactive hurricane center presents facts and figures, what you need to know about hurricanes, their origins and their effects. National Hurricane Center advisories are used to automatically update the radar. Explore all the hurricanes that have..Subjects: hurricane, facts, advisories, tropical, weather, interactive

Old Mapsby Landmark Information GroupAges: 12+Free historical mapping for the whole of the UK. Navigate directly to your chosen area using our comprehensive County and Town gazetteers. These maps are perfect for environmental, past industrial and genealogical studies.Subjects: historical maps, ordnance survey, UK, landmark

Sky Mapsby Kym ThalassoudisAges: 10+Stargazing is a wonderful pastime enjoyed by millions of people all around the world. Anyone can join in. Find a dark area away from lights and with a good view of the night sky. After about 10 minutes you will begin to see many stars.Subjects: charts, maps, constellations, night sky

U.S. Board on Geographic Namesby U.S. Geological SurveyAges: 10+The original program of names standardization addressed the complex issues of domestic geographic feature names during the surge of exploration, mining, and settlement of western territories after the American Civil War.Subjects: information, geographic figures, names, public lands, ecology